Dead Heat in Two-Way, Three-Way Races in VA

We are nine days into 2013 and we already have our first poll conflict of the year. Yesterday, Public Policy Polling claimed terry McAuliffe held a 5% lead in a two-way race and an 8% lead in a three-way race. This morning, Quinnipiac University shows a much closer race in both cases.

This poll was done January 4-7 among 1134 registered voters. This is the second poll showing Bolling well behind both Cuccinelli and McAuliffe which starts to beg the question about the polling Bolling was bragging about in his statements last week claiming he was encouraged about. Bolling’s problem appears to be that even after seven years of being a Lt. Governor, nobody even knows who he is. In this poll, 72% of REPUBLICANS haven;t heard enough about him to have an opinion. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

Cutting is a dark trend that’s suddenly making its way into the limelight. Indeed, the #CutForBieberand #Cut4Bieber hashtags have been trending on Twitter, a social media platform of choice for teens.

After rumors surfaced that pop star Justin Bieberwas smoking weed, members of a message board known as 4chan decided to launch the #Cu
photos of cutters and the #CutForBieber hashtag.
“Lets start a cut yourself for bieber campaign,” an anonymous user wrote on the message board. “Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because bieber was smoking weed. See if we can get some little girls to cut themselves.”
The campaign went viral and is now making headlines.

I agree that Bolling can only be a spiler and cannot win, but I base that on the history of the VA electorate (if Coleman couldn’t peel off enough Republicans to come close to winning the 1994 Senate race despite a far more polarizing GOP nominee (Ollie North), Bolling doesn’t stand a chance), not on polls from 10 months prior to the election. But these early polls might be useful in convincing potential Bolling supporters who were fantasizing about a 35% Bolling victory in a three-way race that Bolling can’t win, and the lack of support that will follow might discourage Bolling from running.

Today, I am, along with a vast majority of my fellow citizens, being made the scapegoat for the failed policies of the so-called progressives — whether it is the inability of society to deal with extreme psychopaths or the mentally deranged, because the left insists they are entitled to the same rights as other citizens, or the never-ending attempt to rehabilitate criminals incapable of rehabilitation. Consistent with their inability to ever admit a mistake, the left and much of the Democratic Party instead focuses on symbolism over substance and the path of least resistance — going after the law-abiding hard working people who are the backbone of America.

But the motivation is more insidious than that. Those that self-identify as progressives, leftists, socialists or Marxists, have one overwhelming trait in common: they are narcissists who believe they are pre-ordained to rule the masses too ignorant to govern themselves. Over the past thirty years as these extremists fully infiltrated academia, the mainstream media, the entertainment industry and taken over the Democratic Party, the American people have lost many of their individual rights. They are now being told what they can eat, where they can live, who they must associate with, where and how their children must be educated, and soon what medical care they are allowed to access, as well as the type of car they can drive and the amount of energy they are permitted to use.

The last bastion of freedom is unfettered gun ownership, so that too must go. That the left is willfully and egregiously exploiting the actions of a deranged psychopath in the tragic death of 26 people (20 children) in Newtown, Connecticut to achieve this end exposes their true motivation.

Judicial Watch releases its list of Washington’s ‘most corrupt’ politicians
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Tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. Judicial Watch has released its annual list of politicians they deem unsavory — the top 11, plus a list of six runners-up for the dubious designation.

“The purpose of the list is to put the spotlight on some of D.C.’s most unethical politicians who have undermined the rule of law and abused the public trust,” says Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog group. He calls it a “bipartisan problem.”

How many time a day or week do law abiding gun owner use their gun to successfully defend thenselves (like this on on 1/7/13) or the woman who hid herwelf and children in attic and then fired on home intruders?

Illinois
Illegal Immigrants Poised to Get Driver’s Licenses
After failing by just two votes in 2007, legislation to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants passed the Illinois House by a vote of 65-46 Tuesday and has been sent to Gov. Pat Quinn, who said he will sign it.

12- Good example- we all know Detroit is a public policy disaster and a slaughterhouse in places. People there often HAVE to defend themselves. There were 25 justifiable homicides in Detroit last year, only three of those were by police officers. The rest, presumably, by citizens. It’s actually more frequent than you’d think- particularly as often times no one is hurt and the criminal flees.

Also- just last night this story- which you won’t hear on national news.

Bitterlaw says:
January 9, 2013 at 9:18 am
Other than Jul fighting off some drunken college girls, has anybody here actually used a gun to defend themselves or others?

-How many of us have had to rely on a “peace officer” showing up in time to defend them against people who would do bodily harm?

I have heard no person, conservative, Republican, wacko, NRA memeber, etc call for MANDATING OWNERSHIP OF A GUN. What I have heard are calls for citizens, who are willing to take on the responsibility of carrying a concealed weapon to help defend innocent people, be allowed to go through the intense training and background checks to get that Concealed Carry permit.

21- Part of it is the registered voters poll- 65% turnout or so for the Presidency , they’ll be lucky to hit 50% for the governorship election. A fair number of the “no opinion” voters in that poll won’t show up and don’t intend on doing so.

#20, Mike, that line from Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II (spoken by a villain) was the Bard’s way of noting the importance of lawyers in protecting the rights of the People and of staving off tyranny. The fact that it is usually quoted by those who disparage the legal profession, and accepted without comment by listeners, shows how much our popular culture has decayed.

NYC – I don’t own a gun and I don’t plan to ever own one. Good luck to those who do own them.

Everybody hates lawyers until they need one to help them out.

-Bitterlaw,
I added that remark because it has been explained here many times, that Shakespeare actually looked at lawyers as necessary to protect people from tyranny. Which is the same reason why I would think that you would fight for citizens who WANTED to own guns, even though you yourself don’t want to (note: The only gun I have ever shot was an airgun. I once held a cop friend’s 9mm, but it had no ammo in it). You seem to have no problem dismissing those who LIKE the 2nd Amendment as not worthy of protection from zealots like Feinstein, Obama, Cuomo, etc (most of whom have either armed guards defending them, or have permits to carry a weapon).

Andrew Cuomo, after noting that NY has some of the tightest gun control laws in the nation, says there are still loopholes, so NY needs….MORE LAWS.
Andrew Cuomo, after noting that NY has some of the highest spending year after year in the nation, says that the state must spend…..MORE.

MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE. less is not a word that Dems use, unless a person who works is speaking about take-home pay.

Well, right now, the politicians, media, and quislings everywhere are demonizing anyone who dares speak out against more gun control. I can’t relate much with gun owners either, since I have NEVER owned one, but I will be loud in their defense AGAINST those forces.

Mike, they started posting sometime in December w/ approval rating polls of the President and congress. Obviously, it’s a fake/comedic poll like Paladin if they are called “HHR Polling Report” and have “polled” on the “elected” HHR leaders. Since i’ve seen them take shots at Paladin, i’m guessing they are Paladin’s new competition.

Glenn Beck wrote the Overton Window, or something like that. Push the envelope as FAR as you can, take the flak, and draw back as LITTLE as possible. One side has the President & VP doing it, the other side has Drudge. Doesn’t look good for the 2nd Amendment, unless all liberty-minded folks (lawyers included) stand up.

The source said that, during the meeting, Paul expanded the discussion on the US fiscal cliff, and reminded Netanyahu of his speech to Congress in 1996, when he said that Israel would gradually end US economic aid. He proposed to Netanyahu to do the same for US military aid, and promised that such a declaration would be welcomed enthusiastically in the US and that it would strengthen the bonds of friendship between the two countries.
Netanyahu made no binding response to Paul, but people familiar with Netanyahu’s opinion said that he was aware of the problems in continuing US aid when the US budget deficit is ballooning.

Obama will wait until he get’s that next vote on the Supreme Court and then you’ll see the executive action go into full gear. After all, anything he does can only be overruled by the courts and once he has those 5 Supreme Court votes in his hip pocket, what’s to stop him?

Not a thing.

Embrace the horror. It’s coming. Not a thing any of us can do about it. Nada.

87…well, I would want to wait until he actually tries that to start making such extreme comparisons. I mean I hate Obama with all my being, but people here on HHR a few years ago comparing Obama to Hitler were shouted down as extreme, insensitive zealots.

Bush kills US citizens without trial, wire taps, and torture people with “executive orders”

If Obama issues executive orders to take guns away and unilaterally raise the debt ceiling, maybe it will become apparent to more that the executive branch has long been out of control in this country.

but make no mistake Tim, if Obama attempts an executive order to effectively overturn the 2nd amendment, I will enthusiastically join the chorus of those comparing Obama to Hitler and Stalin. And I will go out and buy up all I can before its too late.

The former military man told the show, “I think serious action is necessary. Sometimes we talk about very limited actions on the edges, and I just don’t think that’s enough.”

Asked what his message would be to the NRA and the House Judiciary Committee, he said, “I think we have to look at legislation. The number of people in America killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations.

US presidents always have or considered knocking off a citizen here or there. Its part of the history of US politics. Clinton did it. Nixon had that plan to knock off reporter Jack Anderson, and so on. They have always spied on people, and had lists of enemies. Its just not the same as a president announcing that he is declaring void one of the ten bill of rights amendments to the constitution.

You are a moron. You do more to hinder a libertarian actually getting the nomination than anything the NY Times could print. If the Patriot Act, the TSA, and a lot of other alphabet organizations were to be disbanded, I would not fight that hard to keep them around. That said, I believe it is imperative for any nation-state to have an apparatus available which can attain certain information when needed. And if that means pulling fingernails of certain types of characters on foreign battlefields, after other less-coercive methods have been tried, than I could allow for that possibility.

jason says:
January 9, 2013 at 1:50 pm
Rand Paul is not going to the WH. His naive trip to Israel already shows he is not ready for prime time.

Cutting military aid to Israel is a non-starter.

Even Obama, who is no friend of Israel, knows that.

-This seems just as short-sighted as it did last week. Rand Paul stated some good reasons to try to lessen Israel’s dependence on the US, and considering Bibi’s statements alluded to, why is foreign aid reductions NOT worthy of discussion? As Rand stated, why should Israel have to ask permission to do certain things in defense of its borders?
3 cheers for him broaching the subject with Netanyahu.
3 JEERS for Bunu/Emerica/Tulip-boy making enemies for a good candidate for President.

Same guy who railed against signing statements for subtly proposing to change the law but without the constitutional process for changing the law. Mr. Platinum Coins, Mr. Fast & Furious, Mr. Executive Action on Guns.

Mike the polling group doesn’t hate me or jason, they just happen to show me and him have lower approvals then Walt and Bitter. Makes sense as jason likes to fight and I take my shots at others myself. yeah Bitter fights too, but he’s such a funny insulter people like me poke him just to see what he comes up with. And how can you not like Walt?

DW says:
January 9, 2013 at 3:35 pm
131 – its about time, as there is nothing in them worth reading any longer.

SoHope says:
January 9, 2013 at 3:39 pm
They are starting with Newsweek

-We may get that sitcom yet!! Wissing, I will take care of all the equipment with non-union labor, cut the production costs in half. Of course, I am not sure where on the East Coast would give us that opportunity.

Don’t say to resist the government. That is illegal, and assault rifles wouldn’t do the trick anyway. By that logic, we should all have the right to own tanks and drones. Do we? Does the second amendment cover THOSE?

Maybe if there is a zombie apocalypse, assault rifles with high capacity mags would come in handy.

Bayernfan says:
January 9, 2013 at 4:25 pm
Seriously, what do people need assault rifles for?

Don’t say to resist the government. That is illegal, and assault rifles wouldn’t do the trick anyway. By that logic, we should all have the right to own tanks and drones. Do we? Does the second amendment cover THOSE?

Maybe if there is a zombie apocalypse, assault rifles with high capacity mags would come in handy.

-If only Lincoln had the smarts to ban guns in the south, then the confederates wouldn’t have been able to shoot back.

Solve this riddle:
If I am manufactured, and bought, ammunition is loaded into me, and then released, and then I am cleaned, and put back in the garage, and all of this is done by a law-abiding person who has respect for the law and his fellow human beings, HOW MANY INNOCENT LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST because my owner wanted one of my kind?

Apparently some organization called the Father’s Day Association has named Bill Clinton as the Father of the year. I kid you not. This is a topsy turvy world. The best candidate for such an award should be Mitt Romney.

Some questioned why there should be so many stones for us to use. They said, “What do homemade slingshots need a pouch holding 35 stones for?” So to limit our effectiveness they tried to keep us limited to just six stones.

For years we got by with the argument that we were needed for cooking–something we were very useful at. But eventually we were poured over the fortress walls to burn people to death. Thankfully, the people climbing the ladders weren’t in much of a position to ban us.

Assault Rifle says:
January 9, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Solve this riddle:
If I am manufactured, and bought, ammunition is loaded into me, and then released, and then I am cleaned, and put back in the garage, and all of this is done by a law-abiding person who has respect for the law and his fellow human beings, HOW MANY INNOCENT LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST because my owner wanted one of my kind?

My kind takes pride in being the first invention of man. Yet during periods of history we were used to execute criminals in a most painful way. I cannot even describe it, just google death by spinning wheel.

Assault Rifle says:
January 9, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Solve this riddle:
If I am manufactured, and bought, ammunition is loaded into me, and then released, and then I am cleaned, and put back in the garage, and all of this is done by a law-abiding person who has respect for the law and his fellow human beings, HOW MANY INNOCENT LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST because my owner wanted one of my kind?

I heard part of that speech, he screeches worse than Hillary. His father was a great speaker, and he can’t hold his father’s jockstrap. And neither one of them have anything of note to speak about. If this guy’s last name was different, we would never have heard of him.

this may be the most simple minded post of the year. VA’s results matched the country exactly, 51-47, it’s a swing state not a blue state. VA has a R Gov, R House Delegation, and both state houses are controlled by Rs. Christ, stop and think before you post.

I know i’m in the minority among my political colleagues but I always get excited for the Oscars. Overall I like the list of nominees better then last year but Leo deserved a nom for his portrayal of Calvin Candie in Django Unchained. The race for best picture is so tight this year that for the 1st time since I started following the oscars I cant pick a clear winner

For the first time in probably 10 years, I have actually seen 2 movies up for Best Picture before the Awards show. Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook were both really good. I still haven’t seen Lincoln and the rest don’t interest me.

Emmanuelle Riva, 85, is the oldest ever contender in the category for best actress (for “Amour”); she’s up against the youngest ever – Quvenzhané Wallis, now 9, and the star of “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

EML
The New York State Senate race–SD-46–won by 37 votes by the Republican candidate has been put on hold by an Appellate Court.
The Appellate Court wants 99 more votes counted which were tossed. Almost all the 99 votes are from Ulster County,which the Dem. carried by 2:1!

The PPP/Jensen national poll released yesterday shows Obama’s approval at 51% and his disapproval at 45%; closer than either Ras or Gallup.And the PID is D+9!
Obama is seriously underwater with Indies in this poll.

Binghamton, thanks to being forced to watch Bills, Jets, and on occasion Eagles games, was the second worst market to watch the NFL in 2012. Erie (Bills/Browns) was first and Scranton (Eagles/Jets) were third.

249- Last I saw, Paulsen left the door open (his earlier remarks were misreported in the media). I still don’t think he runs, but if the environment becomes favorable, he may go for it. More interesting, Coleman hinted he may opt for another office (likely governor as he wanted to run for that before the race swap with Pawlenty in ’02). Dayton needs to go, and Coleman might be able to dispatch him in a non-Federal race.

The GOP is brilliant. Ask Todd Akin. He’s still combing through the Missouri election returns to try and figure out what happened. It’s still a big mystery to him.

No opponent for the very mainstream Al Franken? The GOP is careening toward extinction even faster than I thought.

Good riiddence.

Obama and his Democratic successors (assuming he doesn’t get a third and fourth term) should have the guns within the decade. How? Well, throwing in the towell with an ultra leftist like Al Franken is a good start.

The soon to be extinct Republican Party. The party of stupid. Democrats are laughing their asses off.